Pick Your Own Phone Number App. Thats the closest you can get besides getting a texting plan. You pick a phone number, and give that number to people.
Amazon, ios, and google play; Text free offers a $2.99/month plan to completely remove ads from the app. Pick your number, build your identity.
Someone at best buy told me about an app you can download to your android tablet that lets you pick your own phone number, and you can text and make calls to anyone in the us for free.
With phoner second phone number app, you can add different phone numbers for your various needs and give them out without compromising your real personal number. There is txtplus but u can't choose your number. Cheap or free international calls call any mobile/landline phone numbers in over 200 countries and regions at super low rates. Apps that give your phone a second number.